European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse It out czechs order face general strike .0 defiant two March with their Young czechoslovak Flag along a Prague Street As a soviet tank Burns during the invasion. Youths harassed the russians by dropping flaming mattresses and other objects onto their vehicles. Up photo puppets demanded by Russia from a and up dispatches Prague soviet invaders and a defiant czechoslovak communist party traded ultimatums thursday. The russians ordered the czechoslovak to form a new party ruling body acceptable to Moscow by thursday night or face the Rule of a military government. The unyielding czechoslovak held an extraordinary party con related stories pictures on pages 2, 3, 23 Gress and demanded that the russians and their Warsaw pact allies pull their troops out within24 hours or the country would be paralysed by a general strike to begin at noon Friday. The con Gress ultimatum was broadcast by free radio it came shortly after the clan Destine station apparently Broad casting from Mobile facilities re ported heavy fighting in the streets of said the occupation forces have imposed curfews on the co if on p i in a. Co. 1 the and stripes Uno Fillol newspaper of . Force in Europe North Africa and the Middle East vol. 27, no. 127 if 21855 a 5c daily Loc sunday Friday August 23, 1968 by Mary Anne Reese staff writer anus a big More refugees among them Tate mile Black Purelli r1bcr s american High k Ria late thursday they Hud been in a Erous of than 400 Amori Jis and left a i lists and a locators whom of 1 Kia during the on Page 3 jul Rillen in a a bout 1?� i Riv Ute aut pit cd and followed8 the us arrival prompted the Mansfield now favors keeping Europe strength Xiv Ike s condition critical heart Washington up sen ate democratic Leader Mike Mansfield said thursday that the russian invasion of Czechoslovakia left the United states no Choice but to maintain its present troop strength i Europe. Mansfield has Long favored bringing Home most of those troops and is author of Resolution pending before the Senate saying the government should do so. Mansfield told reporters thurs Day the invasion of Czecho Slovakia by the soviet Union and Warsaw pact nations has for the time being at least put Vestern eur this invasion that we have maintain our an entirely different picture on the question of . Troop withdrawals from rope. Because of it appears to Meno Choice but to present about 350,000the United states currently has about 350,000 troops stationed in nato countries. Mansfield said it costs about$2.7 billion a year to maintain them and their dependents. The democratic Leader Saida far As the czechoslovak crisis was concerned there was nothing the nato troops could do. This would apply if we had Only half the present troop strength in evidence or for that matter double the present troop strength in , in View of the realities of the situation i would be psychologically bad in my opinion to even consider Attis time the possibility of reducing . Forces while the soviet Union and its allies Are carrying on the sort of activity which is now in the lawmaker returned fro Eastern Europe on sunday. While there he conferred with czechoslovak officials. He also com. On Puri col. 3 up for Mer president Dwight d. Eisenhower continued to exper i e n c e heart irregularities through the night. Army doctor said thursday. His condition remained critical. An 11 20 . Edt medical bulletin from Walter Reed army Hospital said the five Sta general has been in no pain and that his vital signs such a pulse blood pressure and temperature continue to remain . Eisenhower has continued to show increased Eviden Ces of cardiac irritability extra beats or irregularity throughout the the co if on piij/1 col .2
